Donna Shalala Quotes
I am interested in getting people to use the healthcare system at the right time, getting them to see the doctor early enough, before a small health problem turns serious.

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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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I'm going to go to work out, and I'm going to enjoy it, and I'm going to eat really healthy. But I'm going to go to Vegas, and I'm going to stop at In-N-Out Burger, and then I'll be back on track.
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All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
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Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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I have consistently supported laws ensuring women are able to make their own health care decisions, and I will continue to protect women's access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.
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When I was in my early teens, I joined a cult. And we weren't allowed to listen to secular music or anything that wasn't made by us. So I spent a lot of time not listening to music, and by the time I could, I just didn't get into it.
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I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.
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I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.
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I was a theater major at Northwestern University and won a role in a play called 'Mr. Marmalade' after I graduated.
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When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.
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I'm not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is.
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My ultimate film role would be to play the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin.
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Be real. Make connections with people. Look them in the eye. Tell them how you feel. Don't be afraid to say what you mean. When you let go of the stuff you hold inside, you'll be amazed at what comes back to you.
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I travel fairly lightly because you have to these days. I always take a laptop and an iPod so I can watch movies and listen to music. And my Gameboy. That's a good time-killer.
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Socialism appeals to better classes and has far more strength. Attack the state and you excite feelings of loyalty even among the disaffected classes; but attack the industrial system and appeal to the state, and you may have loyalty in your favor.
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I am interested in getting people to use the healthcare system at the right time, getting them to see the doctor early enough, before a small health problem turns serious.